NBA Rule That Threatens the MVP Race & DeAndre Ayton's Lakers Role

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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NBA MVP frontrunners Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could miss out due to the controversial 65-game rule—should the league scrap it? Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize tackle whether availability or player impact should decide the most prestigious award and debate potential league pivots like schedule reductions and injury exceptions.

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0:00.0	Coming up on Locked-on NBA Daily.
0:03.4	The NBA-65 game rule is under fire, and some argue it could hand the MVP to the wrong player.
0:09.0	Is it time for the league to scrap it?
0:10.6	Meanwhile, DeAndre Aiton has a strong opinion about his role with the Lakers,
0:14.2	and we look ahead to a night of games with major playoff stakes.
0:17.6	Locked-on NBA Daily starts now.
0:29.5	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
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0:42.9	Hello and welcome back to Locked on NBA Daily, part of the Lockdown podcast network, now the number one sports podcast network.
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1:11.9	No fork needed. Vanilli-e cakey flavor, caffeinated kick and no sugar. It's party time. Order now at 5-hour energy.com. We're on Amazon. I'm Wes Goldberg and today we're talking about the NBA 65 game rule, a dark horse defensive player of the year candidate, and a look at games with major playoff implications. Tonight, we're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. It's Matt more. Matt. Rocking my Vancouver Grizzlies have today. I want the NBA back in Vancouver at some point. I think that's something that needs to happen that we need another we need another Canadian NBA team there's not
1:30.2	going to be a chance for it because we're going to 32 back in Vancouver at some point. I think that's something that needs to happen, that we need another, we need another Canadian
1:28.5	NBA team.
1:29.7	There's not going to be a chance for it because we're going to 32 and stay in there with Seattle and Vegas. But I want to shout out Vancouver because I think it's a great basketball town. From the Locked on Bulls podcast, he's a Bears and Bulls creator for Bleach Report. It's Hayes. I just want basketball back in Chicago
1:42.2	because what we're playing is definitely not basketball right now.
1:44.7	Remember they were good for like a month?
1:46.5	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:47.3	We did segments. I just want basketball back in Chicago because what we're playing is definitely not basketball right now.
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